Jeddah commercial centers inspected for compliance

  • Date: 14-Feb-2021
  • Source: Arab News
  • Sector:Retail
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
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Jeddah commercial centers inspected for compliance

JEDDAH: A total of 8, 824 inspection tours of commercial centers and facilities were carried out by the Jeddah Municipality to ensure adherence to anti-coronavirus health protocols and precautionary measures. The undersecretary for sub-municipalities, Mohammed Al-Mutairi, said that field teams had been doubled and tour numbers intensified in the two past days, during which 341 violations were detected and 298 facilities were shut. The tours covered commercial centers, shops, malls, cafes and restaurants, to ensure the suspension of all indoor services and the closure of cinemas, indoor entertainment centers, independent and indoor playgrounds and game centers, as well as gyms and event rooms. RIYADH: There may have been less romance and more coronavirus in the air for the past year, but Saudi couples are undeterred “” it's Valentine's Day, and they're going for it big time. Flower shops, chocolate stores and restaurants, even with food available only for delivery, report booming business as love conquers all. Khalid Omar, 28, who set up Dream Flowers in Jubail Industrial City in 2017, has doubled his sales in the past four days. And not a moment too soon, after the damage caused by the coronavirus lockdown, with the shop closed for three months